The Top 100 Graphic Novels of 2012

Thanks to Diamond the Comic distributors we have the final count of the top selling Graphic Novels of 2012.

These sales differ a lot compared to the top comics as they are the full stories which people have read in comics and loved so much they wanted to have the collected set in graphic novel form. These are the ones people will be talking about in years and have made the biggest impact over the last year for comic fans.

It’s interesting to see how some of the smaller publishers like Image who were until recently though of as an Indie publisher have stolen not just the top place but several of them.

You could put a lot of the success of the Walking Dead down to the TV show but then you also have Fatale, Chew and Saga which are also in the top 10 from Image showing us that you don’t need a movie franchise with toys to sell a comic you just need awesome writers and artists which Image have plenty of at the moment.

The average price of a top 100 graphic novel is just over $20. Something I hope publishers take in account when making TPBs the recent price hikes in comics has put a lot of fans off and I hope at some point they get capped before they push everyone into the digital market.

Although Marvel haven’t featured much in the top of the list they did have the most books in the top 100 list with a total of 31 including Daredevil by Mark Waid which was the best selling TPB for Marvel.

It’s also interesting to see how Green Lantern has beaten Batman and Superman off the top list show how different comic series have fans which prefer to collect the comic releases and some fans like those of the Walking Dead prefer the Graphic Novels.